Ron Dye  

M.F.A. (Indiana University)
Part-time Instructor
Coordinator of the Performing Arts Series
A1 709 Locust Street, Faculty Office Building
Phone: (765) 658-4689
E-mail: rdye@depauw.edu

Ron Dye came to DePauw in the fall semester 1999, teaching Playwriting in the English Department and directing a mainstage theatrical production for the Communication Arts and Sciences Department. He has spent the last dozen years working professionally in theatre as a playwright, director, actor and administrator, primarily in Chicago, Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana. He is former Artistic Director of both the Bloomington Playwrights Project and Turtle Island Theatre Company, and was Director of Theatre for the Bloomington Area Arts Council for over six years.

Mr. Dye received a BA degree in psychology and sociology from Marian College, and is currently completing an MFA in playwriting from Indiana University, where he also studied folklore and ethnomusicology. He has recently been named Executive Director of the Indiana Theatre Association.

Fall 2007:

• ENG 130g: College Writing II

Spring 2008:

• COMM 214b: Theatre: Early 18th Century-Present
• ENG 130e: College Writing II
• ENG 201f: Intro to Creative Writing